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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Turner. This part of the Bill relates to GDPR. Although there are some amendments that we will debate later, it makes…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I start by congratulating my noble Friend Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge for her hard work and tenacity in raising the profile of the harms caused to victims of sexually explicit…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I listened carefully to the hon. Lady’s comments, and I want to reflect on one point. She presented, or at least seemed to present, a tension between public interests and the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The Minister says that the changes in the clause narrow the scientific test. That certainly was not my understanding and I would be grateful if he could clarify. Currently, under…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)This is not the appropriate place to discuss new clause 30, but I hope that there will be ample opportunity on Report for further discussion of the broader issue, which is of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am tempted, because we both clearly share a love for the Sugababes, to just draw a reference to that. Of course, the creative industries also have quite a lot of experience of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak to clause 117, the first clause in part 6, on reforming the information commission. Part 6 sets out provisions to abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office and…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)As the Minister noted, the clause is a provision that was introduced in Committee in the other place, along with clause 28(3) and (4), and clause 45(6), which have now been…11 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillIt is a pleasure to speak on behalf of His Majesty’s official Opposition on this important topic. Thank you for calling me now, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will not speak for too…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI am going to resist the temptation to be drawn into a discussion about research methodology in this area, although I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that I am very tempted to…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI will come on to that a little later in my speech. Perhaps Government Members will have the chance to express their view on this matter on Report of the Children’s Wellbeing and…07 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)No worries. The Minister has tempted me to ask whether, as part of the consultation that is being put forward, cyber-security measures will be considered and consulted on.04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Hobhouse. The national underground asset register is clearly important. The benefits of trusted partners having access to the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I think the Minister entirely appreciates where we are going, why the amendment has been put on the boards and why there is a desire for something like it in the Bill. Will he put…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Notwithstanding the question that the Minister has just posed, we are speaking in parallel lines. The purpose of the provision is to ensure that adequate cyber-security measures…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am not convinced that the clause is ambiguous. In the absence of a counter-amendment or a commitment from the Minister to bring something to the Committee to achieve the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Is that a cyber-security vulnerability the Minister has just disclosed to the Committee?04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have to go back to the previous point again. Will cyber-security measures be covered as part of the consultation?04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will build on the Minister’s last point. I am glad that we have these provisions in the current incarnation of the Bill. One of the things that makes the Bill so interesting is…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We are dealing with those provisions a bit later on.04 Mar 2025